L’Arche d’Alliance

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Introduction

L’Arche d’Alliance (The Ark of the Covenant) est un jeu qui a été développé par Klaus-Jürgen Wrede, l’auteur de Carcassonne.

Le jeu a été publié, en 2003, par Überplay Entertainment sous leur marque Inspiration Games qui commercialisait des jeux spécialement destinés au marché religieux. Une édition allemande, intitulée Die Baumeister des Königs, a suivi en 2004, publiée par Diehl Medien.

L’Arche d’Alliance est un jeu autonome basé sur la série Carcassonne. Il n’est pas compatible avec Carcassonne ni avec aucun des autres jeux dérivés Carcassonne.

En avril 2008, Überplay Entertainment a déposé le bilan. Il est donc difficile de se procurer l’Arche d’Alliance.

"Joshua has led the children of Israel into the Promised Land and you have been given the unique responsibility to help develop the area by building roads, cities, temples and raising sheep. Deploy a Prophet into the cities to preach repentance. Take on the sacred duty of moving The Ark of the Covenant around to different areas of the Land."

The Ark of the Covenant is a stand-alone game based on the Carcassonne series, but is not compatible with Carcassonne or any of the other Carcassonne spin-off games.

The Ark of the Covenant is the more mature version of Carcassonne. It was released over two years after the original Carcassonne, and one year after Hunters and Gatherers was released, and as such it was able to benefit from play testing of both, the result being a more elegant gameplay. Some gamers prefer to play a game of The Ark of the Covenant rather than 'vanilla' Carcassonne for this reason. It is an excellent game for those wanting to play a basic version of Carcassonne without all the expansions. Some fans have affectionately renamed it Arkcassonne or Carc of the Ark.

There have been two rule sets produced for The Ark of the Covenant (2003, 2005). The second edition sought to clarify some issues raised as a consequence of the first edition rule set. The clarifications of the second edition are provided in the annotations of this document. The differences between The Ark of the Covenant and the German release, Die Baumeister des Königs, are also shown in the annotations. The Question and Answer footnotes refer to official responses to the question posed. As The Ark of the Covenant was released first in English, it is the English version that the following sections follow.

Remarques de WICA

En 2008, les règles complètes annotées de l’Arche d’Alliance ont été écrites du point de vue de la première édition, avec des corrections de l’édition ultérieure incluses dans les notes de bas de page. Cette version a été modifiée pour inclure les informations de la deuxième édition dans le corps du texte, avec les changements de la première édition référencés dans les notes.

Règles

• Jeu de base

Aucune extension officielle n’a été publiée pour ce jeu.

Fan Expansions

50/100 scoring tiles

• Fan Expansions for The Ark of the Covenant - A small number of fan produced "print-and-play" expansions have been created which are available from the CarcassonneCentral and CarcassonneForum websites. These expansions may either be "completed" (available as a complete pack of tiles and rules (as applicable - some may only be a set of rules)) or "in development" (partially developed, perhaps some tiles and an outline of rules in a forum discussion thread).
• 50/100 Scoring Tiles are available to download from CarcassonneCentral

Accessories

If you prefer to draw tiles from a bag, this custom design is available from Artscow:

Drawstring pouch (large)

Référence

• Ensemble des tuiles

Remerciements des règles complètes annotées de l’Arche d’Alliance

• Klaus-Jürgen Wrede, for taking the 2001 Game of the Year into the Promised Land
• Überplay Entertainment/Inspiration Games, for publishing it
• Matthew Harper, for the Carcassonne: Complete Annotated Rules concept
• Gantry Rogue, for Carcassonne Central
• Scott, for the Carcassonne: Hunters & Gatherers: Complete Annotated Rules
• Novelty, for all the advice and assistance
• Wicke, for proof reading
• Vladimir Sykora (O.M.S.), for his invaluable help, advice and excellent scans
• Brian Mola (ColtsFan76) and Bobby Warren (Bobby4th), who both supplied much information
• The regular posters at Carcassonne Central who gave me the necessary encouragement
• Oskar Lindqvist for providing the meeple graphics

Historique des versions des règles complètes annotées de l’Arche d’Alliance

• 1.2 – Updated Introduction. Added a "Contents" page. Added the "Carcassonne Central" section. Changed the background colour to prevent a problem with legibility when printing in black and white. Justified text. (21 Dec 2008)
• 1.1 – Corrected some spelling errors found from proof-reading. Annotations completed. Added the "Consolidated Tile Reference" section. First main release. (20 Dec 2008)
• 1.0 – First draft edition released, without annotations, to allow for comments and suggestions. (14 Dec 2008)

Remerciements de WICA

• Jonathan Warren, pour les règles complètes annotées de l’Arche d’Alliance

Notes de fin

Artist: Alvin Madden, Imelda Vohwinkel

Notes

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